Calliesmom
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I've been putting off posting because once it's in print, it's real. Dixie was diagnosed with cancer on 9/12/2025. I actually took her to the vet because she was turning in circles and I was pretty sure that wasn't a good thing. I was able to get in that afternoon and when I put her in the car, I felt the lump which was not noticeable 2 weeks earlier. Vet confirmed and put her on meds for the suspected stroke that caused the circling. she was supposed to be on that for a month and then switch to a different drug for the cancer. we were given 15 days of pills and vet called a couple days before finishing those- said to finish that bottle, wait a week and start the other drug. that time frame turned out to be while I was out of town so we decided to put the new med off until I got back. she wasn't eating well so I wanted to put her back on the first med and see if that helped her. then the vet wanted to see her again so we went back yesterday. the vet ran bloodwork and said the kidney values were not good and wanted to keep her overnight and give her fluids, different meds, kidney food, etc. when the vet called this morning and said that there wasn't any improvement and that now it was suspected to be a heart issue instead of kidney issue. I had some things scheduled in the morning so vet said I could come any time in the afternoon and we could discuss things but there was a phone call before I could get there and I was told that Dixie had passed. I knew that with the cancer being so fast that we wouldn't have a whole lot more time but certainly wasn't ready for it to be today. She would have been 16 years old in 44 more days 
